Gernsheim: Piano Music, Vol. 1

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
June 7, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GERNSHEIM, FRIEDRICH
    • PERFORMER
      Jens Barnieck
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 07, 2019
    • UPC
      5060113442062
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0206
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro di molto

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    3. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    4. IV. Allegro vivace assai

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    5. I. Adagio molto - Allegro appasionata

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    6. II. Agitato assai

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    7. III. Adagio

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    8. IV. Poco andante - Allegro agitato

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    9. No. 1. Un poco lento e sostenuto

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    10. No. 2. Andante espressivo

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    11. No. 3. Allegro energico

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    12. No. 4. Andantino

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    13. No. 5. Allegretto vivace e leggiero

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck

    14. No. 6. Allegro molto agitato

      Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

      Performer: Jens Barnieck


Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916), born in Worms, on the Rhine, grew up to be one of the most formidable musicians of his age: composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. Even as a teenager, Gernsheim was attracting attention as a virtuoso-composer, earning comparisons with Mozart. These two early piano sonatas – restored by Jens Barnieck from Gernsheim’s manuscripts – combine youthful freshness with preternatural assuredness, showing awareness of Schumann and anticipating Brahms. By the time of the Six Preludes, written a decade later, Chopin has become the dominant star in Gernsheim’s firmament.